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INDEX METHODOLOGY · ASCENT-8 · VERSION 1.0 · 2026-05-26

How the moon economy
is measured.

ASCENT-8 is an equal-weighted public-market index tracking the eight publicly-traded companies most exposed to the lunar economy. This page documents constituent selection, rebalancing, weighting, oracle methodology, and the AMP yield curve. Read it before you ape.

ASCENT-8 INDEX — —
AMP MULTIPLIER — —
NEXT THRESHOLD — —
MARKETS — — UTC
§ 01Constituents
8 NAMES · EQUAL-WEIGHTED

Eight US-listed names selected for direct or indirect revenue exposure to the lunar economy and broader space sector. All are tracked on NASDAQ or NYSE, all have continuous market data via Finnhub (primary) and Yahoo Finance (fallback). The basket is intentionally narrow — concentrated bets on the names that actually move on lunar catalysts.

·TICKERNAMESECTOR ROLEWEIGHT
RKL
RKLB
Rocket Lab USA
launch · spacecraft
12.5%
LUN
LUNR
Intuitive Machines
lunar lander · direct
12.5%
AST
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
satellite comms
12.5%
PL
PL
Planet Labs
earth observation
12.5%
RDW
RDW
Redwire Space
lunar hardware · mfg
12.5%
IRD
IRDM
Iridium Communications
satellite comms
12.5%
MNT
MNTS
Momentus
in-space transport
12.5%
SPI
SPIR
Spire Global
earth obs · weather
12.5%
§ 02Construction Rules
DETERMINISTIC · NO DISCRETION
R01
Inclusion criteria. Listed on NASDAQ or NYSE; revenue or contracted backlog tied to space launch, satellite operations, lunar hardware, in-space services, or earth observation; ≥ $100M market cap at last quarterly rebalance; continuous data feed.
R02
Equal weighting. Each constituent receives 12.5% (1 ÷ 8) of index weight. The index level is the average percent change across all eight constituents from the prior session close, plus 100 (baseline). level = 100 + avg(pct_change_i)
R03
Rebalancing. Quarterly review on the last trading day of March, June, September, December. Constituents that no longer meet R01 are dropped; eligible replacements added by sector-fit ranking. Off-cycle rebalances are triggered only by delisting or M&A events.
R04
Data sources. Finnhub /quote for real-time price (primary). Yahoo Finance /v8/finance/chart for intraday sparklines and volume (fallback + auxiliary). Caches at 20s TTL during market hours, 60s premarket / afterhours, 5min on weekends.
R05
Holiday handling. When US markets are closed, the index level is frozen at last regular session close. Oracle pushes pause; AMP regime does not flip on stale data.
R06
Special-event halts. If three or more constituents are halted simultaneously (sector-wide circuit breakers), the index suspends both rendering and oracle push until at least five constituents resume trading.
§ 03AMP Yield Curve
DETERMINISTIC · ON-CHAIN

The ASCENT-8 index level is pushed by an operator-keyed oracle to the on-chain OracleAmplifier contract on Base. The contract derives the staker yield multiplier deterministically from a step function. There is no human discretion — the curve below is the contract.

INDEX LEVELMULTIPLIERREGIMEFLOW
≤ 90.00.60×DEFENSE · deep100% sell-tax → buyback vault
90.0 – 95.00.80×DEFENSE · light100% sell-tax → buyback vault
95.0 – 105.01.00×NORMALSell-tax → stakers (1:1)
105.0 – 110.01.25×AMPLIFIED · 1Sell-tax + reserve subsidy → stakers
110.0 – 120.01.50×AMPLIFIED · 2Sell-tax + reserve subsidy → stakers
120.0 – 135.01.75×AMPLIFIED · 3Sell-tax + reserve subsidy → stakers
≥ 135.02.00×AMPLIFIED · maxSell-tax + reserve subsidy → stakers
§ 04Comparison · ARKX
VS THE TRADFI BENCHMARK

The closest tradfi benchmark for the space economy is ARK's ARKX (Space Exploration & Innovation ETF). It's a fine product, but it predates the lunar-economy catalyst and carries the structural disadvantages of every conventional ETF. ASCENT is what an on-chain, mechanism-native version looks like.

PROPERTY
ARKX (tradfi)
ASCENT-8 (on-chain)
Vehicle
ETF · brokerage account
ERC-20 token · Base wallet
Constituents
~40 names, broad space
8 names, lunar-concentrated
Weighting
Active · ARK discretion
Equal-weighted · deterministic
Expense ratio
0.75% per year
0%
Yield
None
AMP-amplified up to 2.0×
Counter-cyclical buyback
No
Yes · auto-flips at index ≤ 95
Available outside US hours
No (market hours only)
Yes · 24/7 on Base
Trading from chat
No
Yes · Base MCP plugin
On-chain composability
No
Yes · Morpho, Aerodrome, etc.
§ 05Limitations & Disclosures
READ THIS

Not investment advice. ASCENT-8 is a public-market index reference, not securities advice. The $ASCENT token is a memecoin on Base — it tracks the index narratively via the AMP mechanic, not financially. Buying $ASCENT does not give you exposure to the underlying public equities.

Oracle dependency. The on-chain AMP regime depends on an operator pushing index levels at sufficient cadence. The operator key is the only mutable state; the multiplier derivation is view-only.

Equity data lag. US market data is delayed 15 min on Finnhub free tier and Yahoo. We do not currently have a paid feed for unlagged data. Treat all displayed prices as 15-min-delayed reference; do not trade off them.

Constituent risk. The 8 names include small caps with high beta. Index volatility will be high. AMP threshold flips can be frequent.

No KYC. Buying $ASCENT does not constitute regulated securities trading. Confirm your jurisdiction.

§ 06References
SOURCES
Open Landing → Open Terminal → Base MCP Plugin → ascent.md → /api/amplifier → /api/catalyst →